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New Areas

3.—(1) The existing areas of—

(a)Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale,

(b)Chorley,

(c)East Lancashire,

(d)Fylde Coast,

(e)Lancaster,

(f)Ormskirk, and

(g)Preston and South Ribble,

are combined to become a new area named Lancashire.

(2) The existing areas of—

(a)Bolton,

(b)Bury and Rochdale,

(c)Manchester and Salford,

(d)Oldham,

(e)Stockport,

(f)Tameside,

(g)Trafford, and

(h)Wigan and Leigh,

are combined to become a new area named Greater Manchester.

(3) The existing areas of—

(a)Sussex (Northern), and

(b)Sussex (Western),

are combined to become a new area named West Sussex.